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A Gallant Company : The Men of the Great Escape. Jonathan Franklin William Vance

Author: Jonathan Franklin William Vance
Date: 01 Mar 2001
Publisher: Pacifica Press,U.S.
Language: English
Book Format: Hardback::361 pages
ISBN10: 0935553479
Imprint: PACIFICA MILITARY HISTORY
File size: 45 Mb
Dimension: 152.4x 230x 31.75mm::816.47g

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